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Pet Sematary (film)
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Pet Sematary is a 1989 film about a young Maine family and a terrible secret that holds the power of life after death. When tragedy strikes, the threat of that power soon becomes undeniable.
Directed by Mary Lambert. Written by Stephen King, based on his novel.
Sometimes dead is better. (taglines)
Louis Creed
Today is thanksgiving day for cats, but only if they came back from the dead.
God sees the truth, but waits.
Gage Creed
[last lines] No fair. No fair, no fair.
Jud Crandall
The soil of a man's heart is stonier, Louis. A man grows what he can, and he tends it. 'Cause what you buy, is what you own. And what you own... always comes home to you.
Victor Pascow
The barrier was not meant to be crossed. The ground is sour.
Ellie Creed
[crying, after Church dies] But he's not God's cat, he's my cat... let God get His own if He wants one... not mine.
Rachel Goldman-Creed
[her last line, to Louis, after being reanimated] Darling. [as he embraces her, she picks up a butcher knife from the counter...and kills him with it]
Irwin Goldman
[at Gage's funeral; to Louis] I knew this would happen. I told her when you were first married you'd have all the grief you can stand and more, I said. Now look at this. I hope you rot in hell! Where were you when he was playing in the road? You stinkin' shit! You killer of children! [punches Louis]
Zelda Goldman
Rachel, is that you? I finally came back for you Rachel. I'm going to twist your back like mine, so you'll never get out of bed again... Never get out of bed again...NEVER GET OUT OF BED AGAIN! NEVER GET OUT OF BED AGAIN!!!"
I'm coming for you, Rachel... And this time, I'll get you... Gage and I will both get you, for letting us die... [cackles]'
Dialogue
Louis: Has anyone ever buried a person up there?
Jud: Christ on His Throne, NO! Whoever would!?
Louis: I'll bite, Jud. What's the bottom of the truth?
Jud: That, sometimes, dead is better. The person that you put up there ain't the person that comes back. It might look like that person, but it ain't that person, because whatever lives on the ground beyond the Pet Sematary ain't human at all.
Rachel: It's okay, Ellie! You just had a bad dream.
Ellie: It wasn't a dream, it was Paxcow! Paxcow says daddy is going to do something really bad!
Rachel: Who is this Paxcow?
Ellie: He's a ghost, a good ghost! He was sent to warn us!
Jud: Hello?
Rachel: Hello, Jud. It's Rachel Creed. I'm calling from Chicago.
Jud: Chicago? Is Louis with you?
Rachel: No. We're going to be here a while, and he needed a few days to close things up back there. I just wondered if he was with you.
Jud: No. But if he drops by, I'll tell him to call you.
Rachel: Don't bother, Jud. I'm coming home.
Jud: Rachel, no. You don't want to do that.
Rachel: I have to do it, Jud. Good-bye. [dial tone]
Jud: Rachel! Rachel!
Louis: Hello.
Irwin: Hello, Louis. It's Irwin. I just wanted to be sure Rachel got back all right. Louis? Are you there?
Louis: Yes, I'm here.
Irwin: Did she get back all right?
Louis: Yes. She's fine.
Irwin: Well, put her on at that end, and I'll put Ellie on this one. Ellie's very worried about her mother. She's almost in hysterics.
Louis: She's... Rachel's asleep.
Irwin: I suggest you wake her up. Ellie had a dream that her mother was dead.
Louis: Irwin, I can't talk to you right now. (PHONE RINGING) Irwin, I told you I can't talk to you right now.
Gage: I'm at Jud's, Daddy. Will you come over and play with me? [on the phone] First I played with Judd. Then mommy came, and I played with mommy. We played, daddy, we had a awful good time! Now, I want to play with you...
Louis: What did you do? [Gage laughs wickedly] WHAT DID YOU DO!?
Victor: I'm sorry Louis. I'm very sorry, but don't make it worse! Don't!
Louis: I waited too long with Gage. But with Rachel... it will work this time! Because she just died; she died just a little while ago!
Victor: Please, Louis! NOOOOOO! [fades out of existence] Taglines
A magical place where a child's best friend can live forever — as an adult's worst nightmare. And, if it works for animals...
Sometimes dead is better.
Where nothing ever rests in peace...That's why you don't bury a human being there — not in your right mind.
A pet isn't just for life.
Don't forget to put out the cat — before the cat puts you out.
A dark secret. A family tragedy. An unthinkable evil. All from a Stephen King novel so horrific, he terrified himself'' with it.
Cast
Dale Midkiff - Louis Creed
Fred Gwynne - Jud Crandall
Denise Crosby - Rachel Goldman-Creed
Miko Hughes - Gage Creed
Blaze Berdahl - Ellie Creed
Brad Greenquist - Victor Pascow
Michael Lombard - Irwin Goldman
Susan Blommaert - Missy Dandridge
Mara Clark - Marcy Charlton
Kavi Raz - Steve Masterton
Mary Louise Wilson - Dory Goldman
Andrew Hubatsek - Zelda Goldman
Lisa Stathoplos - Jud's mother
Stephen King - Minister
Chuck Courtney - Bill Baterman
Peter Stader - Timmy Baterman
External links
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Category:1989 films
Category:1980s American films
Category:Films based on novels
Category:Supernatural horror films
Category:Films about zombies
Category:Screenplays by Stephen King
Category:Films based on works by Stephen King
Category:Films set in Maine
Category:Films about resurrection